Millions are set to skip work today for “Bunk off Monday”.
The number of sickies is likely to surge so Brits can bask in temperatures of up to 25C. Sickness days are poised to leap by 20% and annual leave bookings are also up 15% on average tomorrow (Monday, October 9).
Alan Price, CEO at BrightHR, which carried out the research, said: “The last burst of summer weather means absences are predicted to rise with the mercury in a rare October sunbathing rush. Sickness rates spike during warm weather and were up by a fifth during the September heatwave.
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“Employers can expect to see empty desks. Some homeworkers will also swap the home office for the pub garden.”
But the surge in sickies is also likely to lead to a £750million hit to the economy, experts claimed. The warning comes after torrential downpours continued to batter parts of Scotland yesterday.
Aberfeldy Caravan Park in Perthshire flooded after the River Tay burst its banks. A yellow weather warning was issued for rain across western parts of Scotland tomorrow. Tom Morgan, of the Met Office, said the mixed conditions were caused by warm weather travelling up from France meeting a cold front from the north.
However, the weather is set to turn again next week, with biblical rain being reported. New satellite imagery from Met Desk's WX Charts – not associated with the Met Office – has shown that another onslaught of rainy weather will hit most of the country in the early hours of Friday morning.
UK set to be pummelled by biblical rain storms next week, forecasters warn
The images show that from around 6am on Friday (October 13), every part of the country from Edinburgh down to London will be suffering from a deluge of rain estimated to be around 2.5mm per hour, with parts of the North West and Northern Ireland, as well as Plymouth, facing around three to four millimetres per hour. It will last until around midday, before heading up to the rest of Scotland, eventually leaving the UK as it heads off to the Netherlands.
And while the 24-hours after that are pretty calm and quite, Sunday (October 15) will see another barrage of similar proportions hitting our shores for another 24 hours until midday on Monday. This has been backed up by the Met Office's long-term weather forecast, which starts on Thursday (October 12) – with a possibility of frost predicted for some parts.
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